Project 7 HDR Image

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High Dynamic Range  (HDR) Images

Create three High Dynamic Range image, using regular, under and or-exposed images of the same scene, for three different scenes.  It helps to get scenes at sunrise or sunset, or have some composition with extreme light and dark areas so you can see the real benefits on an HDR strategy.

To capture these images, a tripod or some way to steady the photo is essential.  Then use either AEB–auto exposure bracketing–in a DLR, or find out how to increase/decrease exposure (usually with a slider) on your smartphone.  You can also use your camera’s exposure settings (though that is less automatic), and take a normal exposure, then one overexposure, and finally one underexposure.  You may also use more over and underexposure images, as long as they capture additional information. You should end up with 3 (or 5 or 7 images) of different exposures.

Using Lightroom, create at east one final HDR image (you can repeat the process and create many versions, say a color and a b/w image.) for each of your 3 scenes.

For each of your  auto-exposure bracketed (AEB) images (3-5) and their HDR versions, export all images as web sized jpg, and upload to a gallery (you will have 3 galleries total, with category “Project 7”. Use captions to distinguish final tiff, and the “preset” you used.

 

 

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